Day in Photos: May 10, 2012

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand next to bonfires during Lag Ba’Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague that is said to have decimated Jews in Roman times, in Bnei Brak, Israel.

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A diver checks fish in an aquarium during a media preview at the site of 2012 Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. After four years of work and $10 billion in investments, an international expo will open on May 12 at a glittering hi-tech venue on the site of a former dusty cement terminal in South Korea under the theme of “The Living Ocean and Coast.”

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Players and team members of Atletico Madrid celebrate with the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League final football match between Club Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club Bilbao at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest.

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Smoke rises from burning cars at the site of twin blasts in Damascus. Two powerful blasts in quick succession rocked the Syrian capital during morning rush hour, killing and wounding dozens of people.

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A Nepalese woman and her child collect firewood at Kabuche village near Pokhara, west of Kathmandu. Over 80 percent of Nepal’s 27 million population depends upon agriculture and paddy is the major crop in the Himalayan nation.

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An Indian boy jumps into a baoli or step-well at the Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi.

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An actress posing as a high priestess holds a torch with the Olympic flame during the lighting ceremony in Greece. The flame will be carried from the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics to London, where the 2012 Summer Games will take place from July 27-Aug. 12.

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An elderly woman participates in a protest in New Delhi, India. Hundreds of elderly from the country have been protesting near the Indian parliament for the last three days to demand a universal old age pension for those above 60 years of age.

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The wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 is scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, Indonesia. The new Russian-made passenger plane disappeared Wednesday during a demonstration flight with 47 people on board.

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People cross a street with umbrellas as a strong storm strikes Tokyo.

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A soldier stands guard inside a storage room at a clandestine drug processing laboratory for the synthetic drug Methamphetamine, discovered at a ranch in Tlajomulco de Zuniga on the outskirts of Guadalajara. The burgeoning meth industry is a major concern to police as it gives cartels a highly profitable product that can be made using legal ingredients in any town, spreading Mexico’s brutal drug war to areas that had previously been free of violence.

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Soldiers guard a platform to prevent it from falling apart while 264 couples have their group photo taken during a mass military wedding ceremony in Taipei. The pairs tied the knot together on Thursday, with Minister of National Defense Kao Hua-chu as the witness for the ceremony.

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A Palestinian protester throws a stone at an Israeli soldier during a protest in Al-Khader village near the town of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. More than a third of the 4,700 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel are currently observing an open-ended hunger strike to demand improved conditions, including family visits and increased access to lawyers, an end to solitary confinement and administrative detention.

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A coach sits on a student’s leg to help her stretch during a training session at a gymnastic course at Shenyang Sports School in Shenyang, China. Some 60 students, between the ages of 6 to 15, undergo a nine-year gymnastics program, which includes foundation courses and gymnastic training courses at Shenyang Sports School. Those who are outstanding may be selected to join the national team.

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Morgan Weese, 23, left, and Brittany Locke, from Tempe, Ariz. tan in Miami Beach, Fla. during their vacation. Weese said she used to be “obsessed” with tanning during high school, but now knows the dangers associated with tanning too much – including skin cancer.